Empires & Allies Cheats and Tips: A Power-Ups Guide

Who knew that combat in a Facebook game could actually be interesting? Well, Zynga has arguably achieved the impossible in Empires & Allies with a turned-based combat system that relies on brief strategy and lots of explosions to keep players engaged. But another engrossing aspect of combat in E&A is Invasions, more specifically the Power-Ups earned from them.

As players invade their friends or visit them to help, their Infamy or Honor will increase, respectively. At certain milestones, power-ups are granted to the player that cost Empire Points to use, but boy are some of them worth it. There's just something about clicking that big green button during a battle and watching the explosions that's simply satisfying. Without any further delay, here is everything you need to know about every Power-Up in the game:

Of course, the Tactical Nuke is the grand daddy of Power-Ups in E&A, though there are plenty more useful ones. Most notable of which we'd say are Accuracy, because critical hits yield more resources than normal hits, and either the Target Jammer or Evasion, which essentially do the same thing: keep you from getting knocked out. Other runners up are the Poison Gas and the Field Repairs, though players have the option to heal any one unit for 2 Empire Points at any time. I don't know about you, but I'm not terribly attached to my units to spend Empire Points on keeping them alive, so maybe skip this option. Either way, these Power- Ups can save your behind in battle, so spend wisely.